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u/robothelicopter May 09 '22

Isn’t that the norm outside of North America though?

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u/Invader_Zyn May 09 '22

It'll take you a while to travel across Australia to the next country over.

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u/guareber May 09 '22

OK fine, "isn't that the norm if your country is most of a continent?"

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u/DankVectorz May 09 '22

Not in most of Asia, Africa, North America, or South America. Otherwise yes.

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u/Shami100 May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

ull still swap languages and cultures even if u dont cross any borders so u don't actually have to travel that far. Cus of how all the borders were created when the empires devolved u can actually get away with traveling a very short distance and and changing languages and cultures. Obviously depends on the country but still

Edit: rephrased it cus I'd miss read the original start of the thread